Lissie Has the Must-Hear Breakup Album for Fall

For Lissie, music is meant to create a personal connection between the musician and the listener. At least that's what she was aiming for when crafting her second album, Back to Forever. "I want to make people feel good, hopeful, and comforted by knowing we all go through some stuff," she told us. "But we process it, move on, and become wiser and better because of it."

For Back to Forever, out October 8 on Fat Possum, Lissie reflected on her past relationships and how the tumult between two people can affect them going forward. "When writing the songs about romantic conflict, it was so cathartic to write from a more well-rounded view," she noted. "I could see where I had stood and what I'd done in relationships. I could see both sides of the situation."

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"The Habit," which you can stream exclusively below, is one of the album's standout numbers, a surging indie-rock song that centers on this very idea of heartache. Lissie penned it in London during the year and half she spent working on the new album.

"I had dated an English guy for about a year and although we'd been broken up for a year or so, when I'd come to London to write, we would hang out," she explained. "Then we'd end up sort of getting back together. He's an absolutely amazing person but all the reasons we broke up would resurface and then it was like we were back to where we started. We couldn't quit each other and the only way to quit was just to stop seeing one another." Sound like something you can relate to? Grab some tissues with your headphones...